alectoria

From Latin alectoria, formed from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

alectoria

1. A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.

• aleatoric, aloricate

Feminine substantive of alectorius (“of or pertaining to a cock”), from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɫɛkˈtɔ.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.lekˈt̪ɔː.ri.a]

alectoria f (genitive alectoriae); first declension

1. (with gemma) A kind of magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks

First-declension noun.

• “ălectŏrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "alectoria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• alectoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin alectoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

alectoria f (plural alectorias)

1. alectoria

• “alectoria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024